Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Kearney Mcwilliams & Davis, Pllc

12 pending office actions • 10 clients • 12 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=913 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

86.3%
Allowance Rate
n=913
+0.61σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=913
3.5
OAs to Allowance
n=550
-0.17σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=550
889 days
Time to Allowance
n=550
+10.1pp
Interview Lift
n=913
26.5%
RCE Rate
n=913
1.3%
Appeal Rate
n=913

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

71.7%
§101 Overcome
n=46
74.5%
§102 Overcome
n=216
77.5%
§103 Overcome
n=391
79.0%
§112 Overcome
n=342

Specialization & Scale

E21B, B32B, Y10T
Top CPC Subclasses
22%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=913
0
Practitioners
n=913
Apps / Practitioner
n=913 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

8
Hard (67%)
3
Medium (25%)
1
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (8%)
§103 only2 (17%)
§102 only1 (8%)
Double-patenting only1 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (58%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

1
Life Sciences
8% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
67% of docket
3
Business / Other
25% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
YAO, THEODORE N 1 67.1% +38.2%
ANDREWS, DAVID L 1 71.6% +16.1%
YU, ARIEL J 1 40.3% +27.5%
PATEL, NEEL G 1 61.5% +34.8%
CERLANEK, ADAM JOEL 1 71.8% +40.4%
FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M 1 45.7% +35.8%
ASQIRIBA, KARIM 1 57.8% +46.3%
POON, DANA LEE 1 55.3% +42.3%
LAU, MICHAEL J 1 71.0% +23.9%
PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY 1 41.4% +36.7%

Hard Cases (8)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18208337 Method and System for Processing a Fluid PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY 49d overdue
18511171 APPARATUS, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR ABRASIVE BLASTING POON, DANA LEE 3d overdue
19280684 DOWNHOLE TOOLS AND SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS OF USE ANDREWS, DAVID L
18923147 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTISTAGE FRACTURING PATEL, NEEL G
18747990 COMMUNICATIONS TRAFFIC MANAGER CERLANEK, ADAM JOEL
18599007 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ESTIMATING AN AMOUNT OF A SEQUESTERED CARBON CONSTITUENT IN TOP AND SUB SOIL FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M
18588704 EASY RELEASE BUNDLER ASQIRIBA, KARIM
18007556 Flexible Coupling BINDA, GREGORY JOHN

Interview Candidates (10)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18208337 Method and System for Processing a Fluid PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY 49d overdue
18511171 APPARATUS, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR ABRASIVE BLASTING POON, DANA LEE 3d overdue
19436507 DOWNHOLE TOOL AND SETTING SYSTEM FOR USE IN A WELLBORE YAO, THEODORE N
19280684 DOWNHOLE TOOLS AND SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS OF USE ANDREWS, DAVID L
19093397 INTERACTIVE SHOPPING SYSTEM AND METHOD YU, ARIEL J
18923147 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTISTAGE FRACTURING PATEL, NEEL G
18747990 COMMUNICATIONS TRAFFIC MANAGER CERLANEK, ADAM JOEL
18599007 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ESTIMATING AN AMOUNT OF A SEQUESTERED CARBON CONSTITUENT IN TOP AND SUB SOIL FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M

Client Portfolio (10 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36762
36792
36721
37721
37231
37961
17381

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19436507 DOWNHOLE TOOL AND SETTING SYSTEM FOR USE IN A WELLBORE The WellBoss Company, LLC YAO, THEODORE N 3676 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 30, 2025
19280684 DOWNHOLE TOOLS AND SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS OF USE The WellBoss Company, LLC ANDREWS, DAVID L 3672 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 25, 2025
19093397 INTERACTIVE SHOPPING SYSTEM AND METHOD Swiftgo, Inc. YU, ARIEL J DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 28, 2025
18923147 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTISTAGE FRACTURING The WellBoss Company, LLC PATEL, NEEL G 3676 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 22, 2024
18747990 COMMUNICATIONS TRAFFIC MANAGER Dj Inventions, LLC CERLANEK, ADAM JOEL §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 19, 2024
18599007 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ESTIMATING AN AMOUNT OF A SEQUESTERED CARBON CONSTITUENT IN TOP AND SUB SOIL Quantumpro, Inc. FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 07, 2024
18588704 EASY RELEASE BUNDLER Designer Orange, LLC ASQIRIBA, KARIM 3772 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Feb 27, 2024
18511171 APPARATUS, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR ABRASIVE BLASTING Axxiom Manufacturing, Inc. POON, DANA LEE 3723 §103§112 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Nov 16, 2023
18497264 METHOD FOR SCREENING OF MOVEMENT DISORDERS Movalytix, Inc. LAU, MICHAEL J 3796 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 30, 2023
18208337 Method and System for Processing a Fluid Blanco Futures, LLC PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY 1738 §103§112 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Jun 12, 2023
18007556 Flexible Coupling Michael L. David BINDA, GREGORY JOHN 3679 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 01, 2022
17846995 PRESSURE BALANCING MECHANISM FOR A CONNECTOR Petrotechnologies, Inc. DUNWOODY, AARON M 3679 §102 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Jun 22, 2022

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